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Celebrity Birth Charts for August 17

Browse the birth charts of celebrities born on August 17, with Sun and Ascendant signs, and planetary dominants, sorted by decreasing popularity.

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200 celebrities or events were found for August, 17.

Author: DickClarkMises (talk)
Credits: I created this work entirely by myself.
Licence: Public domain
Born:Tuesday, August 17, 1965
In:Hopkinsville (KY) (United States)
Sun: 24°33' Leo  
Moon:24°59' Aries   
Dominants: Leo, Aries, Virgo
Sun, Neptune, Mercury
Fire, Earth / Fixed
Pageviews: 9,644
Biography of Steve Gorman (excerpt)

Steve Gorman (born 17 August 1965, Muskegon, Michigan) is a musician best known as the drummer of the American hard rock band The Black Crowes.He also spent some time as drummer for British rock band Stereophonics. Moving to Hopkinsville, Kentucky from Severna Park, Maryland in 1975, Gorman began drumming in school in the fourth grade by playing snare in his school elementary band.

Born:Sunday, August 17, 1924
In:Kansas City (MO) (United States)
Sun: 24°56' LeoAS: 13°52' Taurus
Moon:7°01' Aries MC: 25°56' Capricorn
Dominants: Leo, Cancer, Taurus
Venus, Sun, Saturn
Houses 5, 3, 11 / Fire, Earth / Cardinal
Pageviews: 9,642
Biography of Evan Shelby Connell (excerpt)

Evan Shelby Connell, Jr.(born August 17, 1924, Kansas City, Missouri) is an American novelist, poet, and short story-writer.He has also published under the name Evan S.Connell Jr. Background Connell is the only son of Evan S.Connell Sr.(1890-1974), a physician, and his wife, Ruth Elton Connell.

Author: Unknown authorUnknown author
Credits: [1])
Licence: Public domain
Born:Sunday, August 17, 1913
In:Twin Falls (ID) (United States)
Sun: 24°16' Leo  
Moon:5°01' Pisces   
Dominants: Leo, Cancer, Gemini
Uranus, Sun, Pluto
Water, Fire / Fixed
Pageviews: 9,561
Biography of W. Mark Felt (excerpt)

William Mark Felt, Sr. (August 17, 1913 – December 18, 2008) was an agent of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, who retired in 1973 as the Bureau's Associate Director. After thirty years of denying his involvement with reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, Felt revealed himself on May 31, 2005 to be the Watergate scandal whistleblower called "Deep Throat."

Author: Staff Sgt. Daniel J. Martinez, Air National Guard
Credits: Arrival ceremony for the late President George H. W. Bush at Ellington Field
Licence: Public domain
Born:Monday, August 17, 1953
In:Guanajuato (Mexico)
Sun: 24°28' LeoAS: 27°23' Libra
Moon:22°59' Scorpio MC: 27°27' Cancer
Dominants: Libra, Leo, Cancer
Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
Houses 10, 12, 9 / Air, Water / Cardinal
Pageviews: 9,534
Biography of Columba Bush (excerpt)

Columba Bush (born August 17, 1953) is the wife of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and the sister-in-law of President George W.Bush. Bush was born as Columba Garnica Gallo in León, Guanajuato, Mexico, where she grew up and attended high school.Her parents were Jose Maria Garnica, a migrant worker, and Josefina (or Josephina) Gallo.

Born:Wednesday, August 17, 1949
In:Glasgow (United Kingdom)
Sun: 24°18' LeoAS: 22°55' Scorpio
Moon:1°18' Gemini MC: 19°15' Virgo
Dominants: Virgo, Leo, Scorpio
Mercury, Venus, Pluto
Houses 9, 10, 7 / Earth, Water / Mutable
Pageviews: 9,526
Biography of Doreen Cameron (excerpt)

Doreen Cameron, born August 17, 1949 ni Glasgow, is a Scottish actress.

Author: Selvejp
Credits: Own work
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
Born:Monday, August 17, 1903
In:Nevers (58) (France)
Sun: 23°11' LeoAS: 15°25' Virgo
Moon:6°40' Gemini MC: 11°53' Gemini
Dominants: Virgo, Gemini, Leo
Mercury, Moon, Jupiter
Houses 12, 9, 10 / Earth, Air / Mutable
Pageviews: 9,498
Biography of Raoul Follereau (excerpt)

Raoul Follereau, born August 17, 1903 in Nevers and died December 6, 1977, was a French writer and the founder of Fondation Raoul-Follereau (humanitarian association to help people with leprosy disease, especially in Africa).

Born:Sunday, August 17, 1969
In:Bronx, New York (NY) (United States)
Sun: 24°33' Leo  
Moon:15°26' Libra   
Dominants: Libra, Virgo, Leo
Mercury, Sun, Mars
Fire, Air / Cardinal
Pageviews: 9,374
Biography of Posdnuos (rapper) (excerpt)

Kelvin Mercer (born August 17, 1969, The Bronx, New York) is a rapper, producer, and one-third of the hip hop trio, De La Soul. He is known more famously by his alias Posdnuos, or simply Pos. He was born in the Bronx, New York and grew up in East Massapequa, New York.

Born:Monday, August 17, 1970
In:Houston (TX) (United States)
Sun: 24°38' LeoAS: 3°41' Aquarius
Moon:6°50' Pisces MC: 20°01' Scorpio
Dominants: Leo, Scorpio, Libra
Saturn, Sun, Uranus
Houses 8, 7, 4 / Air, Water / Fixed
Pageviews: 9,338
Biography of Mark Gebel (excerpt)

Mark Gebel, born Augusst 17, 1970 in Houston, Texas, is an American circus performer, the son of Gunther Gebel-Williams.

Born:Thursday, August 17, 1939
In:Mayflower (AR) (United States)
Sun: 24°24' LeoAS: 11°05' Gemini
Moon:7°54' Libra MC: 20°37' Aquarius
Dominants: Leo, Gemini, Libra
Sun, Venus, Mercury
Houses 3, 4, 5 / Fire, Air / Fixed
Pageviews: 9,301
Biography of Luther Allison (excerpt)

Luther Allison (August 17, 1939 – August 12, 1997) was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.He was born in Widener, Arkansas, although some accounts suggest his actual place of birth was Mayflower, Arkansas. His birth time comes from the biography Charley Patton: Voice of the Mississippi Delta edited by Robert Sacré (Univ.

Born:Sunday, August 17, 1980
In:Jerez de la Frontera (Spain)
Sun: 24°38' Leo  
Moon:7°48' Scorpio   
Dominants: Leo, Scorpio, Libra
Sun, Uranus, Neptune
Fire, Water / Fixed
Height: Daniel Güiza is 5' 11½" (1m82) tall
Pageviews: 9,299
Biography of Daniel Güiza (excerpt)

Daniel González Güiza (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 17 August 1980) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Cerro Porteño in Paraguay as a striker. A late bloomer, he made a name for himself at the age of 27, being crowned La Liga top scorer with Mallorca.

Born:Friday, August 17, 1923
In:Belleville-sur-Meuse (55) (France)
Sun: 23°28' LeoAS: 21°49' Libra
Moon:29°02' Libra MC: 28°03' Cancer
Dominants: Libra, Leo, Cancer
Saturn, Venus, Moon
Houses 10, 1, 12 / Air, Fire / Cardinal
Pageviews: 9,298
Biography of Pierre Chaunu (excerpt)

Pierre Chaunu, born August 17, 1923 in Belleville-sur-Meuse, is a French historian, specialist of Spanish possessions in America and social history of France, between 1500 and 1800. Bibliography (extract) Histoire de l'Amérique latine, Paris, PUF, Que sais-je., 1949. Séville et l'Atlantique (1504-1650), Paris, SEVPEN, 12 volumes, 1955-1960.

Born:Monday, August 17, 1925
In:Stamford (CT) (United States)
Sun: 24°12' Leo  
Moon:3°36' Leo   
Dominants: Leo, Virgo, Scorpio
Sun, Mercury, Saturn
Fire, Earth / Fixed
Pageviews: 9,255
Biography of John Hawkes (novelist) (excerpt)

John Hawkes, born John Clendennin Talbot Burne Hawkes, Jr.(August 17, 1925 – May 15, 1998), was a postmodern American novelist, known for the intensity of his work, which suspended the traditional constraints of the narrative. Biography Born in Stamford, Connecticut, and educated at Harvard University, Hawkes taught at Brown University for thirty years.

Born:Sunday, August 17, 1986
In:Baltimore (MD) (United States)
Sun: 24°27' Leo  
Moon:25°55' Capricorn   
Dominants: Leo, Capricorn, Libra
Sun, Venus, Pluto
Fire, Earth / Cardinal
Height: Rudy Gay is 6' 8" (2m03) tall
Pageviews: 9,207
Biography of Rudy Gay (excerpt)

Rudy Carlton Gay, Jr.(born August 17, 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American professional basketball player who is currently playing for the Memphis Grizzlies.He played collegiately at the University of Connecticut before turning pro. Early life Gay began playing competitive recreational basketball at 12 years old in the Turner Station community of Baltimore County, Maryland in one of the toughest youth basketball leagues in the area.

Born:Monday, August 17, 1953
In:Leominster (MA) (United States)
Sun: 24°19' LeoAS: 27°55' Virgo
Moon:20°52' Scorpio MC: 27°33' Gemini
Dominants: Leo, Gemini, Virgo
Mercury, Sun, Jupiter
Houses 11, 2, 10 / Fire, Air / Fixed
Pageviews: 9,154
Biography of Judith Regan (excerpt)

Judith Regan (born 17 August 1953 in Leominster, Massachusetts) is an American editor and book publisher, who became famous for pioneering the publishing of celebrity autobiographies. Early life Regan grew up on Long Island, and graduated from Bay Shore High School in 1971.

Born:Monday, August 17, 1953
In:Melbourne, Victoria (Australia)
Sun: 23°39' LeoAS: 7°31' Leo
Moon:12°24' Scorpio MC: 27°11' Taurus
Dominants: Leo, Libra, Cancer
Sun, Mercury, Mars
Houses 1, 12, 2 / Fire, Water / Fixed
Height: Noni Hazlehurst is 5' 6" (1m68) tall
Pageviews: 9,111
Biography of Noni Hazlehurst (excerpt)

Leonie Elva "Noni" Hazlehurst (born 17 August 1953, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian actress.She won the Best Support Actress in a Single Series in the Logie Awards of 1985. Early Life After attending St Leonard's College in Brighton East, Victoria, Hazlehurst completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1973 at Flinders University in Adelaide.

Born:Saturday, August 17, 1839
In:The Hague (Netherlands)
Sun: 24°14' LeoAS: 23°53' Taurus
Moon:0°14' Sagittarius MC: 23°45' Capricorn
Dominants: Libra, Sagittarius, Taurus
Venus, Moon, Sun
Houses 6, 5, 7 / Fire, Earth / Cardinal
Pageviews: 9,035
Biography of Matthijs Maris (excerpt)

Matthijs Maris, born August 17, 1839 in The Hague and died August 22, 1917 in London, was a Dutch artist and painter.

Author: Rossem, Wim van / Anefo
Credits: [1] Dutch National Archives, The Hague, Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANeFo), 1945-1989, bekijk toegang 2.24.01.09, Bestanddeelnummer 908-1637
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 nl
Born:Thursday, August 17, 1933
In:Newark (NJ) (United States)
Sun: 23°51' LeoAS: 26°54' Gemini
Moon:8°28' Cancer MC: 2°46' Pisces
Dominants: Leo, Cancer, Virgo
Sun, Moon, Mercury
Houses 4, 3, 2 / Fire, Water / Mutable
Height: Tom Courtney is 6' 2" (1m88) tall
Pageviews: 8,925
Biography of Tom Courtney (excerpt)

Thomas ("Tom") William Courtney (born August 17, 1933) is a former American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Tom Courtney came into national prominence while a student at Fordham University, winning the 1955 NCAA 880 yd (805 m) title.

Author: Lucio Fulci (director) / Guglielmo Mancori (cinematographer)
Credits: Italian film Il lungo, il corto, il gatto (1967)
Licence: Public domain
Born:Friday, August 17, 1917
In:Cagliari (Italy)
Sun: 23°29' LeoAS: 17°36' Gemini
Moon:14°57' Leo MC: 24°05' Aquarius
Dominants: Leo, Aquarius, Gemini
Uranus, Sun, Mercury
Houses 4, 3, 9 / Fire, Air / Fixed
Pageviews: 8,855
Biography of Gianni Agus (excerpt)

Gianni Agus, born August 17, 1917 (some other sources give 27 August, and 1:30 pm instead of 1:30 am) in Cagliari, died March 4, 1994 in Rome, was an Italian actor. Filmography (extract) Matilda (1990) .... Matilda's father "Senator" (1990) TV mini-series .... Senatore Valerio Flacco

Author: Jeremy Butler
Credits: Own work
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Born:Saturday, August 17, 1957
In:Belleville (IL) (United States)
Sun: 24°32' Leo  
Moon:13°47' Taurus   
Dominants: Virgo, Leo, Taurus
Moon, Sun, Mars
Earth, Fire / Fixed
Pageviews: 8,841
Biography of Ken Kwapis (excerpt)

Ken Kwapis (born August 17, 1957) is an American film and television director and screenwriter. He helped define the single-camera sitcom in the 1990s and 2000s and has directed popular feature films such as Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and He's Just Not That Into You.

Born:Wednesday, August 17, 1949
In:New York (NY) (United States)
Sun: 24°31' LeoAS: 8°42' Sagittarius
Moon:3°55' Gemini MC: 26°49' Virgo
Dominants: Virgo, Leo, Gemini
Venus, Mercury, Moon
Houses 9, 10, 6 / Earth, Fire / Mutable
Pageviews: 8,767
Biography of Peter Malsin (excerpt)

Peter Malsin, born August 17, 1949 in New York, is an American astrologer and author.

Born:Saturday, August 17, 1968
In:Blue Island (IL) (United States)
Sun: 24°49' Leo  
Moon:12°26' Gemini   
Dominants: Virgo, Leo, Gemini
Sun, Mercury, Moon
Earth, Fire / Mutable
Pageviews: 8,513
Biography of Anthony E. Zuiker (excerpt)

Anthony E.Zuiker (born August 17, 1968, pronounced ZAI-kur ) is the creator and executive producer of the American television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, .He produces all three editions of the CSI franchise: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY.

Author: United States Air Force
Credits: [1]
Licence: Public domain
Born:Thursday, August 17, 1916
In:Sweetwater, Nolan County (TX) (United States)
Sun: 24°35' LeoAS: 16°13' Sagittarius
Moon:22°57' Aries MC: 0°33' Libra
Dominants: Leo, Cancer, Sagittarius
Jupiter, Uranus, Sun
Houses 9, 7, 4 / Fire, Air / Cardinal
Pageviews: 8,488
Biography of Dudley Ervin Faver (excerpt)

Dudley Ervin Faver, born August 17, 1916 in Sweetwater, Texas, is an American military, major general.

Born:Wednesday, August 17, 1960
In:Los Angeles (CA) (United States)
Sun: 24°50' Leo  
Moon:4°06' Cancer   
Dominants: Leo, Cancer, Virgo
Moon, Sun, Saturn
Fire, Water / Fixed
Pageviews: 8,480
Biography of Lisa Coleman (excerpt)

Lisa Coleman (born August 17, 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician. Coleman plays piano and keyboards. Coleman's father, Gary Coleman, was a session musician in the 1960s and 70s and formed a friendship with fellow musician Mike Melvoin. Their families became close with each other and often played and recorded music together; Lisa Coleman formed a close relationship with Mike's daughter Wendy Melvoin that would continue throughout their lives and careers.

Author: P.g.champion
Credits: Own work
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 uk
Born:Tuesday, August 17, 1926
In:Liverpool (United Kingdom)
Sun: 23°40' LeoAS: 27°06' Virgo
Moon:1°24' Sagittarius MC: 26°08' Gemini
Dominants: Leo, Virgo, Cancer
Uranus, Mercury, Sun
Houses 11, 3, 10 / Fire, Water / Fixed
Pageviews: 8,417
Biography of George Melly (excerpt)

Alan George Heywood Melly (17 August 1926 – 5 July 2007) was an English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer and lecturer.From 1965 to 1973 he was a film and television critic for The Observer and lectured on art history, with an emphasis on surrealism.

Author: Time, Inc.; International Photo
Credits: Time magazine archive
Licence: Public domain
Born:Wednesday, August 17, 1904
In:Ellsworth (MA) (United States)
Sun: 23°57' LeoAS: 4°30' Leo
Moon:13°13' Scorpio MC: 18°16' Aries
Dominants: Leo, Virgo, Taurus
Mars, Sun, Jupiter
Houses 2, 12, 3 / Fire, Earth / Fixed
Pageviews: 8,343
Biography of John Hay Whitney (excerpt)

John Hay Whitney (17 August 1904 (source: Wynn magazine for his time of birth, 3/1943) – 8 February 1982), colloquially known as "Jock" Whitney, was U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, and a member of the Whitney family.

Born:Saturday, August 17, 1968
In:Fairborn (OH) (United States)
Sun: 24°47' Leo  
Moon:11°56' Gemini   
Dominants: Virgo, Leo, Gemini
Sun, Mercury, Moon
Earth, Fire / Mutable
Height: Jackie Warner is 5' 8" (1m73) tall
Pageviews: 8,304
Biography of Jackie Warner (excerpt)

Jackie Warner (born August 17, 1968 in Fairborn, Ohio) is an American fitness trainer best known for her participation in Work Out, a Bravo TV reality show. She owns Sky Sport and Spa, a gym and spa in Beverly Hills, California.

Born:Wednesday, August 17, 1988
In:Nada-ku, Kobe (Japan)
Sun: 24°26' Leo  
Moon:14°23' Libra   
Dominants: Leo, Libra, Aries
Sun, Mars, Mercury
Fire, Water / Cardinal
Height: Erika Toda is 5' 4" (1m62) tall
Pageviews: 8,266
Biography of Erika Toda (excerpt)

Erika Toda (戸田 恵梨香 Toda Erika., born August 17, 1988) is a Japanese actress. She has starred in many Japanese television dramas, including Liar Game, Code Blue, Ryusei no Kizuna, and Keizoku 2: SPEC.She has also had supporting roles in many other popular TV dramas, such as Boss, Nobuta wo Produce, Engine, and Gal Circle.

Born:Wednesday, August 17, 1983
In:Woodland (CA) (United States)
Sun: 24°18' Leo  
Moon:20°25' Sagittarius   
Dominants: Sagittarius, Leo, Virgo
Jupiter, Sun, Saturn
Fire, Earth / Mutable
Height: Dustin Pedroia is 5' 9" (1m75) tall
Pageviews: 8,178
Biography of Dustin Pedroia (excerpt)

Dustin Luis Pedroia (born August 17, 1983, in Woodland, California) is an American professional baseball second baseman with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.Pedroia has won several awards in Major League Baseball, including the 2007 American League Rookie of the Year and the 2008 AL MVP award.

Author: Unknown authorUnknown author
Credits: Publicist
Licence: Public domain
Born:Monday, August 17, 1981
In:Plano (TX) (United States)
Sun: 24°41' Leo  
Moon:20°14' Pisces   
Dominants: Virgo, Leo, Libra
Sun, Uranus, Mercury
Water, Fire / Mutable
Height: Kristin Holt is 5' 7" (1m70) tall
Pageviews: 8,025
Biography of Kristin Holt (excerpt)

Kristin Adams (born August 17, 1981 in Plano, Texas), née Holt, is a television personality and entertainment news correspondent.She is most noted as a host of G4's Cheat!, a television show dedicated to video game cheats and strategies.The show now airs as a segment on G4's X-Play.

Author:
Comet Photo AG (Zürich)

Credits: ETH-Bibliothek: E-Pics Bildarchiv online; http://doi.org/10.3932/ethz-a-000870291 (cropped)
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
Born:Friday, August 17, 1923
In:Bronx, New York (NY) (United States)
Sun: 23°45' Leo  
Moon:3°12' Scorpio   
Dominants: Leo, Scorpio, Virgo
Sun, Neptune, Mercury
Fire, Water / Fixed
Pageviews: 7,997
Biography of Larry Rivers (excerpt)

Larry Rivers (August 17, 1923 - August 14, 2002) was a Jewish American artist, musician, filmmaker and occasional actor.Rivers resided and maintained studios in New York City, Southampton, New York on (Long Island) and Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Larry Rivers was born in the Bronx, New York as Yitzhok Loiza Grossberg.

Born:Thursday, August 17, 1939
In:Bois-Colombes (92) (France)
Sun: 23°34' LeoAS: 8°49' Libra
Moon:25°01' Virgo MC: 11°08' Cancer
Dominants: Leo, Virgo, Libra
Jupiter, Venus, Moon
Houses 11, 7, 12 / Fire, Earth / Cardinal
Pageviews: 7,967
Biography of Francoise Bonnot (excerpt)

Françoise Bonnot (17 August 1939 (birth certificate n° 148, Astrotheme) – 9 June 2018) was a French film editor with more than 40 feature film credits.[ She has had a notable collaboration with director Costa-Gavras extending over eight films and nearly 30 years.

Author:

Albert galiza.

Original uploader was Albert galiza at gl.wikipedia
Credits:

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(Original text : Galipedia, a wikipedia galega)
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
Born:Friday, August 17, 1956
In:Fontenla, Ponteareas (Spain)
Sun: 24°30' Leo  
Moon:9°58' Capricorn   
Dominants: Leo, Virgo, Capricorn
Mercury, Sun, Saturn
Earth, Water / Fixed
Pageviews: 7,907
Biography of Alvaro Pino (excerpt)

Álvaro Pino Couñago (born 17 August 1956 in Fontenla, Ponteareas) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Spain who raced between 1981 through 1991 and is most famous for winning the overall title at the 1986 Vuelta a España over favorites Robert Millar from Great Britain, Laurent Fignon from France and Sean Kelly from Ireland.

Born:Monday, August 17, 1970
In:Los Angeles (CA) (United States)
Sun: 24°27' Leo  
Moon:3°47' Pisces   
Dominants: Leo, Libra, Virgo
Sun, Mercury, Neptune
Fire, Water / Fixed
Pageviews: 7,791
Biography of Tammy Townsend (excerpt)

Tammy Townsend (born Tamara Townsend (August 17, 1970) is an American actress and singer. Townsend was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Anorene, an African American interior designer, and Thomas Townsend, an English judge with Yugoslavian ancestry.Tammy is a graduate of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.

Born:Monday, August 17, 1942
In:Cannes (06) (France)
Sun: 23°46' LeoAS: 25°48' Virgo
Moon:25°59' Libra MC: 25°01' Gemini
Dominants: Virgo, Leo, Gemini
Mercury, Neptune, Sun
Houses 12, 11, 2 / Earth, Air / Mutable
Pageviews: 7,752
Biography of Alain Veinstein (excerpt)

Alain Veinstein (born 17 August 1942, in Cannes (birth certificate n° 387, Astrotheme)) is a poet and writer, winner of the Mallarmé prize and a host and producer of radio.He is also an artist and painter. Since 1978, Alain Veinstein is also the voice of the nights of France Culture with interviews on the program Overnight and broadcasts, Surprised by the night, and surprised by the poetry.

Author: unknown (upload MHM-com 07:08, 9 March 2007 (UTC))
Credits: Hélène Monastier, Pierre Ceresole, Paris, Société religieuse des Amis (Quakers), 1947, p.3
Licence: Public domain
Born:Sunday, August 17, 1879
In:Lausanne (Switzerland)
Sun: 24°09' Leo  
Moon:19°33' Leo   
Dominants: Leo, Virgo, Taurus
Sun, Mercury, Uranus
Earth, Fire / Fixed
Pageviews: 7,718
Biography of Pierre Ceresole (excerpt)

Pierre Cérésole (17 August 1879 – 23 October 1945) was a Swiss engineer, known as the founder of the Service Civil International (SCI), or International Voluntary Service for Peace (IVSP), in 1920, an organisation that helped in reconstruction after the First World War with the goal of achieving an atmosphere of brotherhood.

Born:Thursday, August 17, 1944
In:Tirana (Albania)
Sun: 24°23' Leo  
Moon:9°02' Leo   
Dominants: Leo, Virgo, Gemini
Sun, Uranus, Mercury
Fire, Earth / Mutable
Pageviews: 7,671
Biography of Rexhep Meidani (excerpt)

Rexhep Qemal Meidani (born on August 17, 1944, in Tirana) is an Albanian politician.He graduated from the University of Tirana (1966), Faculty of Natural Sciences, Branch Physics, as well as successfully accomplished the postgraduate studies in the University of Caen (France) (1974).

Author: Enrico.Fonte at Italian Wikipedia
Credits: Transferred from it.wikipedia to Commons by Montgomery using CommonsHelper.
Licence: Public domain
Born:Tuesday, August 17, 1971
In:Desio (Italy)
Sun: 23°51' Leo  
Moon:13°05' Cancer   
Dominants: Leo, Cancer, Virgo
Sun, Moon, Saturn
Fire, Water / Fixed
Height: Filippo Simeoni is 5' 7½" (1m72) tall
Pageviews: 7,606
Biography of Filippo Simeoni (excerpt)

Filippo Simeoni (born August 17, 1971) is an Italian former racing cyclist and the 2008 Italian road race champion. His most important victories were the two stages he won in the Vuelta a España in 2001 and 2003, and the 2008 Italian National Road Race Championship.

Author: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress)
Credits: This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID ggbain.36051.
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Licence: Public domain
Born:Tuesday, August 17, 1880
In:Vienna (Austria)
Sun: 24°51' Leo  
Moon:17°21' Capricorn   
Dominants: Leo, Virgo, Capricorn
Sun, Neptune, Uranus
Earth, Fire / Fixed
Pageviews: 7,597
Biography of Paul Kammerer (excerpt)

Paul Kammerer (17 August 1880, in Vienna – 23 September 1926, in Puchberg am Schneeberg) was an Austrian biologist who studied and advocated the now largely abandoned Lamarckian theory of inheritance – the notion that organisms may pass to their offspring characteristics they have acquired in their lifetime.

Born:Thursday, August 17, 1961
In:Wheeling (WV) (United States)
Sun: 24°29' Leo  
Moon:3°16' Scorpio   
Dominants: Leo, Scorpio, Capricorn
Saturn, Sun, Venus
Water, Fire / Fixed
Height: Ashlie Rhey is 5' 7" (1m70) tall
Pageviews: 7,511
Biography of Ashlie Rhey (excerpt)

Ashlie Rhey (born August 17, 1961 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is an American actress and model.She has appeared in many low to medium-budget feature films in many genres. Career Rhey was born in West Virginia, but grew up in Ohio.She began acting in films in 1990 after working as a model and returning to Hollywood, California from Europe.

Born:Monday, August 17, 1964
In:Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Sun: 24°43' Leo  
Moon:21°49' Sagittarius   
Dominants: Virgo, Leo, Cancer
Sun, Jupiter, Mercury
Earth, Fire / Mutable
Height: Jorginho is 5' 9" (1m75) tall
Pageviews: 7,498
Biography of Jorginho (excerpt)

Jorge de Amorim Campos (born 17 August 1964), aka Jorginho, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played mainly as a right defender, and the current coach of Kashima Antlers. He played in his country for five different clubs, and also spent six years in Germany, namely with Bayern Munich; additionally, he was part of the Brazilian team that won the 1994 World Cup.

Born:Monday, August 17, 1970
In:Santurce (Porto Rico) (United States)
Sun: 24°17' Leo  
Moon:1°15' Pisces   
Dominants: Leo, Virgo, Libra
Sun, Mercury, Saturn
Fire, Water / Fixed
Height: Jorge Posada is 6' 2" (1m88) tall
Pageviews: 7,326
Biography of Jorge Posada (excerpt)

Jorge Rafael Posada Villeta (born August 17, 1970) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball catcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees.Posada recorded a .273 batting average, 275 home runs, and 1,065 runs batted in (RBIs) during his career.

Born:Sunday, August 17, 1986
In:Avignon (84) (France)
Sun: 24°13' Leo  
Moon:22°16' Capricorn   
Dominants: Leo, Capricorn, Libra
Sun, Pluto, Venus
Fire, Earth / Fixed
Height: Jonathan Lacourt is 5' 11½" (1m81) tall
Pageviews: 7,311
Biography of Jonathan Lacourt (excerpt)

Jonathan Lacourt (born August 17, 1986 in Avignon, France) is a French footballer who plays for Valenciennes FC as a midfielder. He has recently broken into the team and is a French youth international. 2001/2008 = RC Lens 2006/2007 = ES Troyes (loan) 2008- = Valenciennes FC

Author: Unknown (Bassano Ltd)
Credits: National Portrait Gallery
Licence: Public domain
Born:Saturday, August 17, 1912
In:Leeds (United Kingdom)
Sun: 24°11' Leo  
Moon:27°30' Libra   
Dominants: Virgo, Leo, Libra
Uranus, Mercury, Jupiter
Air, Earth / Mutable
Pageviews: 7,206
Biography of Margaret Scriven (excerpt)

Margaret Croft "Peggy" Scriven-Vivian (17 August 1912 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England – 25 January 2001 in Haslemere, Surrey, England) was a British tennis player and the first woman from that country to win the singles title at the French Championships in 1933.

Born:Wednesday, August 17, 1994
In:Paris 11e (France)
Sun: 24°13' LeoAS: 2°05' Libra
Moon:4°39' Capricorn MC: 2°38' Cancer
Dominants: Libra, Capricorn, Leo
Venus, Mars, Moon
Houses 4, 11, 1 / Water, Air / Cardinal
Height: Tiémoué Bakayoko is 6' ½" (1m84) tall
Pageviews: 7,137
Biography of Tiémoué Bakayoko (excerpt)

Tiemoué Bakayoko (born 17 August 1994 in Paris 11e (birth time source: Astrotheme, civil registrar, birth certificate n° 1884)) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club AS Monaco. International career Bakayoko was called up to the senior France squad for the first time to face Luxembourg and Spain in March 2017 after Paul Pogba withdrew through injury.He made his debut on 28 March 2017 against the latter, replacing Adrien Rabiot at halftime of a 2–0 friendly home loss.

Born:Tuesday, August 17, 1993
In:Incheon (Korea, South)
Sun: 24°14' Leo  
Moon:14°43' Leo   
Dominants: Leo, Libra, Capricorn
Sun, Pluto, Venus
Fire, Water / Fixed
Height: Yoo Seung-ho is 5' 9" (1m75) tall
Pageviews: 6,940
Biography of Yoo Seung-ho (excerpt)

Yoo Seung-ho (born August 17, 1993) is a South Korean actor who rose to fame as a child actor in the film The Way Home (2002). After his two-year mandatory military service, he starred in the legal drama Remember (2015), historical films The Magician (2015) and Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River (2016) as well as historical drama The Emperor: Owner of the Mask (2017) and romance comedy series I'm Not a Robot (2017).

Born:Wednesday, August 17, 1983
In:Milwaukee (WI) (United States)
Sun: 24°13' Leo  
Moon:19°23' Sagittarius   
Dominants: Sagittarius, Leo, Virgo
Jupiter, Sun, Saturn
Fire, Earth / Mutable
Height: Melinda Stolp is 5' 7" (1m70) tall
Pageviews: 6,790
Biography of Melinda Stolp (excerpt)

Melinda Stolp, born on August 17, 1983 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is an American TV personality. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1954084/) 2006-2012 Real World/Road Rules Challenge (TV series) Herself – Battle of the Seasons: The Perks of Being a Rookie (2012) … Herself – Battle of the Seasons: Tis the Season (2012) … Herself – Cutthroat: Where the Red Team Blows (2010) … Herself – Cutthroat: Couching Tyger, Hidden Danimal (2010) … Herself – Cutthroat: Swat the Hell.

Born:Sunday, August 17, 1986
In:Lakewood (CA) (United States)
Sun: 24°32' LeoAS: 25°11' Libra
Moon:27°13' Capricorn MC: 27°52' Cancer
Dominants: Capricorn, Libra, Leo
Venus, Moon, Pluto
Houses 10, 4, 12 / Fire, Earth / Cardinal
Height: Bryton McClure is 5' 9" (1m75) tall
Pageviews: 6,738
Biography of Bryton McClure (excerpt)

Bryton Eric James (born August 17, 1986 (birth time source: himself on Twitter)), also credited as Bryton and Bryton McClure, is an American actor and singer. As a child actor, he played Richie Crawford on the ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters. He currently plays Devon Hamilton on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless.

Author: TeamSwitzerland
Credits: Own work
Licence: GNU Free Documentation License
Born:Sunday, August 17, 1958
In:Los Angeles (CA) (United States)
Sun: 24°21' Leo  
Moon:0°26' Libra   
Dominants: Leo, Libra, Virgo
Sun, Mercury, Venus
Fire, Earth / Fixed
Pageviews: 6,675
Biography of Chris Goss (excerpt)

Christopher Ryan Goss, born August 17, 1958, is an American record producer and musician. Selected discography Throughout his career Goss has worked with a wide range of musicians in various different genres. 1988 - Masters of Reality by Masters of Reality 1992 - Blues for the Red Sun by Kyuss 1992 - Sunrise on the Sufferbus by Masters of Reality 1994 - Welcome to Sky Valley by Kyuss 1994 - All of Us by I Love You 1995 - ...And the Circus Leaves Town by Kyuss

Author: Unknown authorUnknown author
Credits: 1958 New York Knicks vs Minneapolis Lakers program
Licence: Public domain
Born:Thursday, August 17, 1933
In:Watsonville (CA) (United States)
Sun: 24°26' Leo  
Moon:15°40' Cancer   
Dominants: Leo, Cancer, Virgo
Sun, Moon, Uranus
Fire, Water / Cardinal
Height: Ken Sears is 6' 9" (2m06) tall
Pageviews: 6,619
Biography of Ken Sears (excerpt)

Kenneth Robert Sears (born August 17, 1933 in Watsonville, California) is a retired American professional basketball player.He holds the distinction of being the first basketball player to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, appearing on the December 20, 1954 issue. A 6'9" forward from Santa Clara University, Sears played eight seasons (1955-1961;1962-1964) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the New York Knicks and San Francisco Warriors.

Born:Monday, August 17, 1964
In:Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Sun: 24°50' Leo  
Moon:23°17' Sagittarius   
Dominants: Virgo, Leo, Cancer
Sun, Jupiter, Mercury
Earth, Fire / Mutable
Pageviews: 6,468
Biography of Colin James (excerpt)

Colin James (born Colin James Munn, August 17, 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, who plays in the blues, rock, and neo-swing genres. Biography Early years James was born in Regina, Saskatchewan.He and his band The Hoodoo Men opened for Stevie Ray Vaughan for several tour dates in the United States.

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